... 's death at the hands of Claudius. Claudius' motives to kill the old King Hamlet was to become King himself, to be more important and powerful than he was before and also to marry Gertrude whom he loved. However, Hamlet procrastinates throughout the play and does not seek revenge until the end, when Hamlet finally follows his instincts and kill's the murderer of his father. Hamlet's uncertainty ... must murder Claudius for causing the death of his father as well as putting Hamlet through the pain he has been in. Hamlet refers to King Claudius as a "bloody, bawdy villain" (2.2.580). Howev...

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... and unschooled; fie, its a fault to heaven, a fault against the dead, a fault to nature," (I.ii.92-102). The uncertainty of life in general is personified in Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. Countless questions are not answered in the play about her: Was she romantically involved with Claudius before her husband's murder? Was she an accomplice in her husband's murder? Is she a victim or an accomplished ... father says to her that Hamlet's love may not be honest. Then, she meets Hamlet at her father's insistence, in which she is utterly rejected by him and he tells her to be 'off to a nun...

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... intense emotion and it is clear that he is going to take action in order to gain revenge on his father's murderer. He is not concerned with what will happen to him in this life or after his death, and he states, "that both the worlds I give to negligence, let come what comes- (IV.V.131). The only thing of consequence is vengeance for his ... his continual contemplation and deliberation. The majority of the play is spent taking the audience through Hamlet's moral turmoil and dilemma. "To be or not to be - (III.I.56) is the most famous quote from the play and reflects the constant uncerta...

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... Claudius so this lead Ophelia and Hamlet to tragedy because they were both acting crazy. Ophelia, as a female character is suppressed by hamlet in her romantic relationship with him as a cause of Hamlet's selfishness, self-destruction and developed hatred towards women. Throughout the play Hamlet, Hamlet only cares about his own misery happening in his life without thinking about the other people's ... problems and causing them to suffer. Hamlet shows selfishness throughout the play by taking revenge but ... To a nunnery go."(3.1.150) Hamlet has left the audience with uncertainty about...

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... only thing that the Lady can do is weave, making the web serve as a symbol of her life and imprisonment on the island. She can only weave because of the threat of her curse and this uncertainty leaves her trapped in the tower, "She knows not what the curse may be; Therefore she ... captivity, frees Ophelia and The Lady of Shalott mentally, if not physically, from the patriarchal chains placed upon them. Madness is the only viable outcome after years of mental abuse and imprisonment. For The Lady of Shalott, breaking free from these chains takes the form of her looking down upon Camelot an...

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... , when she repels him again, after her father's accidental murder. If Hamlet were not antic after he killed Polinus he might have begged Ophelia's forgiveness. Hamlet loses Ophelia when he kills her father and thus he become more enraged with himself and he became even more determined to avenge his father's death. The next logical place for Hamlet to vent anger is with Claudis, because he already had ... to Polonius, "You cannot sir, take away from me anything that I will more willingly part withal; except my life, except my life, except my life (I,ii,212-214). This tells us that Hamlet ...

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